Victory
by Susan Cooper
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recommends it for: Tammy, anyone who loves books.
recommends it for: Tammy, anyone who loves books.
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!! I LOVE this book! I want to own it so bad. Everyone has to read this. I don't care if you hate history with a passion, you have to. If you don't, it won't be pretty if our paths ever cross. I've never read anything like it. I mean that in a good way, because that just made my all-time historical-ficton book ever. And that is hard to do. And it made it REALLY fast. Aaaaahhhhhhhhh, I love it so much.
Okay this book doesn't explain a whole lot about the book, but just kno...more
Okay this book doesn't explain a whole lot about the book, but just kno...more
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Cooper’s master storytelling weaves two clever and enticing tales. Victory tells the story of two opposite lives, in opposite eras connecting a fictionalized version of an historical event to the present while unraveling an unknown mystery. The chapters jump between Molly, a modern English girl forced to move to Connecticut because of her mother’s remarriage, and Sam, a young boy forced to become a sailor aboard the HMS Victory. Though the two characters are distinctly opposite, they are dis...more
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Sort of a fantasy, but not what I expected. Contrary to what I expected, this book is not about time travel. But for a historical fiction novel with just a hint of fantasy, the story was very good. The writing allowed me to understand the severity of loss Molly felt at her displacement to a new country, and I appreciated how Molly is able to develop a new connection to both her ancestors and her current family. The historical setting of the fictional Sam was interesting and reasonably compelling...more
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I love Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising sequence, this one not as much, though it was interesting and well-crafted. It was just a little flat to me. I learned a lot about British warships in Napolean's time (maybe too much), and she uses some interesting format, switching back and forth between two seemingly-unconnected stories, one modern, one historical, using past tense in the old, present tense in the new, and bringing the two stories together by the end. Honestly, I doubt the story would grab ...more
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Format: 186 pages, plus Author's notes and glossary
Appx: 50,000 words; first person, past for Sam; third person, present for Molly
Molly is homesick and grieving her father. When she finds a book about Admiral Nelson, she begins to unravel the mystery of the book and her own grief. In contrast, Sam is pressed into service under the command of Admiral Nelson almost 200 years in the past. As the story unwinds, the reader is given clues that Molly is experiencing some of Sam's hardships. Ultimate...more
Appx: 50,000 words; first person, past for Sam; third person, present for Molly
Molly is homesick and grieving her father. When she finds a book about Admiral Nelson, she begins to unravel the mystery of the book and her own grief. In contrast, Sam is pressed into service under the command of Admiral Nelson almost 200 years in the past. As the story unwinds, the reader is given clues that Molly is experiencing some of Sam's hardships. Ultimate...more
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Read in July, 2008
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I really enjoyed this book. I mean, I guess a lot of it is just describing what life in the British Navy was like in the 1800s, but I loved it. I learned so much, and when I finished it, I just felt this passion for history almost worthy of Katie. Don't get me wrong. It has a great story too. Even if you don't feel the surge of passion, it's still worth reading.
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Read in July, 2006
I loved this book and it is now my all time favourite book. i could read it over and over again. it really pulls on your heartstrings and makes you think about life in the time of Lord Admiral Nelson. I have recommended this book to quite a few of my friend and I would recommend this book to anyone who wants an interesting and slightly emotioal read!!!
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This was a quick read. Interesting back and forth style between characters. I enjoyed the idea of the story. Very different from the Dark is Rising series that I read years ago. The trauma that the young girl character has to go through to resolve her questions is a little too much for me to swallow. But overall I did like the book.
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Read in July, 2007
I really enjoyed this book. I knew nothing about Lord Admiral Nelson going into it and thought it was a well told story. It has been popular in my library for 5-8th graders.
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Young Adult book about Lord Nelson and the battle of Trafalgar. 2 stories going on at once in this book. I didn't like that and could have skipped that part altogether.
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I really like this book. It's been about two months since I finished it and I still find myself on that ship.
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Read in September, 2008
Pretty good so far, about a quarter of the way into the book
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